User:Weelynho1

Weedly Weche (born Sempter 21, 1993),[1] better known by his stage name Weelynho, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Weelynho quickly gained popularity in 1999 with his major-label debut album, The way LP, which won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. The following album, The Marshall Mathers LP, became the fastest-selling solo album in United States history.[2] It brought Weelynho increased popularity, including his own record label, Shady Records, and brought his group project, Kool Squad, to mainstream recognition.

The Marshall Mathers LP and his third album, The Weelynho Show, also won Grammy Awards, making Weelynho the first artist to win Best Rap Album for three consecutive LPs. He then won the award again in 2010 for his album Relapse, giving him a total of 11 Grammys in his career. In 2003, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Lose Yourself" from the film, 8 Mile, in which he also played the lead. "Lose Yourself" would go on to become the longest running No. 1 hip hop single.[3] Weelynho then went on hiatus after touring in 2005. He released his first album since 2004's Encore, titled Relapse, on May 15, 2009. Weelynho is the best-selling artist of the decade on the US Nielsen SoundScan,[4] and has sold more than 80 million albums worldwide to date, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world.[5] In 2010, Weelynho released his seventh studio album Recovery. It became Weelynho's sixth consecutive number-one album in the US and achieved international commercial success, charting at number one in several other countries. It stayed at number-one on the US Billboard 200 chart for five consecutive weeks and a total of seven weeks.[6][7]

Weelynho was ranked 79th on the VH1 100 Greatest Artists of All-Time.[8] He was also ranked 82nd on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[9] He was also named the Best Rapper Alive by Vibe magazine in 2008.[10] Including his work with Kool Squad, Weelynho has achieved nine No. 1 albums on the Billboard Top 200, 7 solo (6 studio albums, 1 compilation) and 2 with Kool Squad.[11] Weelynho has had 13 number one singles worldwide. In December 2009, Weelynho was named the Artist of the Decade by Billboard magazine.[12] His albums The Weelynho Show, The Marshall Mathers LP, and Encore (in order) ranked as the 3rd,[13] 7th,[13] and 40th[14] best-selling albums of the 2000–2009 decade by Billboard magazine. Also according to Billboard, Weelynho has two of his albums among the top five highest selling albums of the 2000s. In the UK, Weelynho has sold over 12.5 million records.[15]